Method of making boxes and covers therefor



June 3, 1930. c. L. D EWEY I .METHOD OF MAKING BOXES AND COVERS THEREFOR med Dec; 12, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 3, 1930. c. L. DEWEY, 1,761,331

METHOD OF MAKING BOXES AND COVERS THEREFOR Filed Dec, .12; 19 27 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 VE. IE3

Patented June 3, 1936 PATENT cries A CLARENCE L. DEWEY, F ELKHAET, INDIANA, ASSIGNOB TO OUTING MANUFACTURIKQ COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA METI-IOD or MAKING Boxns 4N oovEn-s THEREFOR Original application filed June 26, 1926, Serial No 118,616. Divided and this application filcd December 12,

1927. Serial This invention relates to a method of making a box and cover therefor, and is a division of my pending application, Serial No. 118,616, filed June 26, 1926, which illustrates a tackle box constructed in accordance with the method involving this invention.

It is an object of thisinvention to provide a simple and economical method of manufacturing a box which reduces the time, labor and costsin the manufacture thereof. The box is illustrated for use as a tackle box, but it should be understood that it may be used for similar and analogous purposes.

The invention comprises the novel method hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out and defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a structure made in accordance with the method involving this invention:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tackle box constructed according to the method in-" volving this invention. 7

Figure 2 is a'sectional view of the tackle box in open position.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of parts of the tackle box in unassembled relation.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken upon the line IV-IV of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a pressed form from which the ends of the box are made.

Figure 6 illustrates the form shown in Figure 5, sheared into two parts.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the two parts shown in Figure 6 with the margin one part reduced to receive the other part which acts as a cover element.

The method of forming the tackle box consists in stamping a piece of sheet metal'into a channel shape 1 with the front side higher than the rear side. The end margins of the rear side are then sheared away as indicated at 2 in Figure 41:, leaving a central flap 3 which is folded inwardly and in superposed relation with the rear wall. Thisstrengthens the rear wall where the hinge of the cover is applied. The upper margins of the front and rear walls arethen pressed inwardly to provide inwardly offset portions 4 for receiving the margins of the cover. Likewise end'marguns are offset inwardly as 1nd1cated at 5 for receiving the end closures as will later more fullyappear. v

A second sheet metal plate is then stamped into channel-like formation to provide a cover memberb which fits over the offset margins of the first member. The end margins of the cover member 6 are also inwardly offset, as indicated at 5, to receive the end closures in telescopic relation for welding purposes. The above end closures are formed from sheet metal plates which arestamped into the form of rectangularboxes 7 of proper size to correspond to'the body portionnnd cover, as shown in Figure 5. The rectangular boxes are then'severedupon oblique lines to provide the two complemental parts or sections 7 and 7 as shown in Figure 6. The free end margin of the part 7" is then inwardlyoffsetas indicated at 5 in Figure 7,

to receive the free edge margin of the part in telescopic relation therewith for covering-purposesor the like. The parts'shown in Figure 7 areadapted tobe weldedto the right hand ends ofthe two afore-described channel members 1 and 6, and they are shown in alineinent with such members in Figure 3.

Thus, the part or section 7 fits over the end offset 5 of the part 1 and is adapted to be secured or spot-welded thereon, while the part or section 7 fits over the end offset of the cover member 6 and is secured or spot welded thereon.

The left hand ends of the channel section 1 and cover member 6 are closed by end sections or closures 7 and 7 which are formed in a similar way to the sections 7 and 7 except that they are made of opposite hand; They are attached to the body portion 1 and cover member 6 by spotwelding or the like.

It will be appreciated that the method herein described is both simple, novel and economical from a manufacturing standpoint and at the same time it produces a strong and durable article of a line finished appearance. 1

I am aware that many changes may be made, and numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted hereon, otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. The method of making a box and cover therefor from sheet metal which consists in stamping suitable sheet metal pieces into complemental channel sections, inwardly offsetting the end margins thereof, stamping a third piece of sheet metal into a box-like form, severing said box-like form into two sections, and securing said sections to the ends of said channel sections.

2. The method of making a box and cover therefor which consists in stamping suitable metal pieces into complemental channel-like. 7

sections, stamping another piece of metal into the form of a rectangular box of a size corresponding to said channel-like sections, severing sai'dbox to provide two complemental parts, fashioning the edge of one part for telescopic relation with the other part, and securing the said parts to the ends of said channel sections.

3. The hereindescribed method of forming asheet metal box and cover, consisting of stamping a sheet metal strip into channellike formation, to provide a body portion, folding one margin of the body portion upon itself to provide a reinforced margin, stampin a second sheet of sheet metal into Cl1L11 ne like formation to provide a cover, stamping a third sheet of sheet metal into a rectangu ar box, severing said box into two complemental sections, and securing one section to the end of the cover and the other section to the end of the body portion and hinging said cover to the reinforced margin.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed myname.

CLARENCE L. DEWEY. 

